Definitions for catheter

catheter cath·e·ter

Spelling: [kath-i-ter]
IPA: /ˈkæθ ɪ tər/

Catheter is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in catheter (aceehrtt).

Definitions for catheter

noun

  1. a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.

Origin of catheter

1595-1605; Late Latin Greek kathetḗr kind of tube, literally, something sent or let down, equivalent to kathe- (variant stem of kathiénai, equivalent to kat- cata- +

Examples for catheter

He may find it necessary to draw off the water with a catheter.

A catheter of wide calibre is passed in the ordinary manner.

The latter is found by feeling with the tip of the catheter.

The catheter or tube is cut so that but nine inches remain for use.

Relief should without loss of time be afforded by the use of the catheter.

To prevent any injury, the ligature should be brought away first, and then the catheter.

He mentioned that passing a catheter often causes shivering.

The end of the catheter is bent to suit the conditions met with.

If successful, a catheter must be secured in the bladder in the usual way.

It consists of the curved part of a catheter, and it is 13 cm.

Word Value for catheter
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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